The Crown Jewels of England

The regalia of England described in a Cassell edition limited to fourteen hundred copies, in the reign of George V.

The Royal Sceptres

7 chapters in this part of The Crown Jewels of England.

The Royal Sceptres

The Sceptres of Æthelred II.-Canute-Edward the Confessor-Harold-Henry III. - Henry IV. - Henry VII.- Charles II.-The Sceptres from James…

The Royal Sceptres: From Penny of Canute

FIRST GREAT OF EDWARD THE SEAL THE a CONFESSOR. subsisted from the time of Edward until to-day. Harold, on some of his coins, bears a…

The Royal Sceptres: Sceptre

Plate VIII THE KING'S ROYAL SCEPTRE THE ROYAL SCEPTRES THE KING'S ROYAL SCEPTRE WITH THE CROSS The King's Royal Sceptre with the Cross is…

The Royal Sceptres: Sir Edward Walker

The orb at the top is not specially described by Sir Edward Walker, but Sandford describes it as an amethyst, and in George IV.'s…

The Royal Sceptres: From Sir Edward Dove

CORONATION constantly used by kings from a very remote period. In France it was formerly the custom to let white doves loose in the church…

The Royal Sceptres: Queen's

THE ROYAL SCEPTRES each of its arms and 'a large one in the centre. In the middle of the sceptre is a space closely ornamented with sprays…

The Royal Sceptres: James II

This sceptre is not mentioned in Sandford's account of the coronation of James II. The Queen on that occasion used only the small ivory…

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